Tolko Industries will be temporarily laying off 60 workers at its Lakeview mill in Williams Lake beginning Feb. 19, in a third significant setback for the B.C. forest industry in recent weeks.

Media spokesperson Chris Downey said the mill will be reducing its shifts from two down to one 50-hour shift per week, citing high costs of operations in B.C. and challenging economic conditions.

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The company also operates another mill in Williams Lake, its Soda Creek division.

Williams Lake Coun. Sheila Boehm, who is also president of the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA), pointed to this on top of the recent West Fraser announcement that it will be closing its mill in Fraser Lake as cause for concern.

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Meanwhile, on Vancouver Island, Paper Excellence Canada announced the indefinite curtailment of paper operations at its Catalyst Crofton mill Jan. 25.

The company cited market dynamics, inflationary pressures on raw materials, energy cost opportunities and, again, a lack of local domestic fibre supply. It says those pressures have materially impacted the current and future financial viability of the paper operation.

That decision affects about 75 employees who are members of Unifor Local 1132.

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